历年BEC商务英语中级考试真题（29）

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Personal Assistant of the Year
1 n* D7 P1 J+ u% Z# d5 J2 V　　0 Anne-Marie Garrard was shocked when it was announced that she had won the
- T) Z% v, f' Q6 ]　　00 Personal Assistant of the Year award. ‘The other candidates seemed me
4 |2 i. t# J+ p/ O( G　　34 to be very strong, and I have to say I found that the selection procedure really
　　35 hard,' she says. 'I didn't think I had any chance of winning. When I heard my
　　36 name, my legs were so weak I could only hardly stand up,' she laughs. So
# ?8 h% W/ X6 P" I. i　　37 how is 'the best' personal assistant chosen from a group of so extremely good
1 z  _3 @" E: _- R　　38 and very different individuals? The final decision was reached after a
, w5 o6 k' I3 I8 n　　39 day-long session of the tests, interviews and exercises. Garrard believes
　　40 the skills she uses in her job helped her how to perform well. For instance, although
! L& Y9 D7 B  y$ Z3 F0 U# K　　41 most of her work is for her company's Managing Director, she works for six bosses
: `7 `, ?2 g2 I& u8 E' @7 n5 w　　42 in all, so she always tries out to be prepared for anything that might happen.
( V" |. R( Q0 K$ k" B9 G1 s3 ?' J　　43 As for the future, her firm has closed for its summer break now; as soon as
　　44 they will open again, there is a pay rise waiting for her. But Garrard is not
　　45 going to be relax. She says, 'There's always room for personal development.You must keep trying to improve.
  m* S3 y& X0 E9 N+ _9 o　　这篇文章讲的是一个女生获得个人助理奖后的情况。表达了一下激动了心情并且展望了未来。
' n- ^, p, L! y- `! m. |　　34题，find后面直接可以接复合结构，例如find the story very interesting。如果是find that的话，that后面要接从句。所以这里that多余。
! x6 J. I8 Z( N1 f1 X　　35题，正确的
　　36题，从意思上理解，说的是由于激动差点都站不起来，I could hardly stand up。Only多余。
4 A; }: B( S% D4 ~* b! D8 ?　　37题，extremely是副词，直接用来修饰good，so在这里多余。
　　38题，正确的来自www.Examw.com
6 S& L# S( C0 u; W, i( {, n* G  ?　　39题，tests, interviews and exercises并不是特指，不需要用the。
　　40题，help sb.to do sth.固定词组，how多余
　　41题，正确的
) t0 }# O1 g9 y　　42题，try out是试验，考验的意思，后面一般接for，这里应该直接用tries to be表示尝试。
5 Y9 R1 z1 M2 x( ~　　43题，正确的
　　44题，as soon as，一…..就，后面从句通常用一般现在时表示将来时，所以will多余。
　　45题，be going to后面直接接动词，表示将来的动作，如果有be的话后面接形容词。relax是动词，所以be多余。